Patents by Inventor Kouichi Oomae

Kouichi Oomae has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Image processing device and method for identifying an input image and copier including same
    Publication number: 20030194136
    Abstract: An image processing device and method for identifying an input image and a copier including such an image processing device and method. The image processing device forms a gradated image from the input image, determines whether the gradated image includes a specified pattern, extracts a portion of the input image corresponding to the specified pattern, and compares the extracted portion of the input image with a reference pattern to determine a degree of resemblance between the extracted portion of the input image and the reference pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Tooru Fujii, Genki Yotsui, Tomohiko Hayakawa, Shinya Sonoda, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Kouichi Oomae
  • Image processing device and method for identifying an input image and copier including same
    Publication number: 20020114521
    Abstract: An image processing device and method for identifying an input image and a copier including such an image processing device and method. The image processing device forms a gradated image from the input image, determines whether the gradated image includes a specified pattern, extracts a portion of the input image corresponding to the specified pattern, and compares the extracted portion of the input image with a reference pattern to determine a degree of resemblance between the extracted portion of the input image and the reference pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Tooru Fujii, Genki Yotsui, Tomohiko Hayakawa, Shinya Sonoda, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Kouichi Oomae
  • Image processing device and method for identifying an input image and copier including same
    Patent number: 6091844
    Abstract: An image processing device and method for identifying an input image and a copier including such an image processing device and method. The image processing device forms a gradated image from the input image, determines whether the gradated image includes a specified pattern, extracts a portion of the input image corresponding to the specified pattern, and compares the extracted portion of the input image with a reference pattern to determine a degree of resemblance between the extracted portion of the input image and the reference pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Fujii, Genki Yotsui, Tomohiko Hayakawa, Shinya Sonoda, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Kouichi Oomae